Abita Purple Haze

Brewed by Abita Brewing Company
Style: Fruit Beer
Covington, Louisiana USA

(draft) pours a very cloudy brown with peach hue. similar in appearance to apple cider. not much for aroma. the dominant taste is a bready wheat with a very slight tart tone on the finish. you’d have to be looking hard to pick out the raspberry. high carbonation and a somewhat watery palate. i wouldn’t classfiy this one as a fruit beer. its a decent american wheat and a has a bit more body than most, but the flavor is fairly bland. i have a feeling this wouldn’t satisfy fruit or wheat lovers. however, it would make a refreshing session beer for a warm summer day.

Junedale Beer Klub - June Beer Tasting ("Fruity" Beers)

5/30/2007: Abita Purple Haze pours a hazy peach color with a light tan crown. There is a generous amount of visible carbonation. The aroma is like super fresh ripe raspberries. The flavor is cream of wheat with a hint of raspberry. The finish is slightly watery. This beer has a light body, but isn’t too fizzy.

12 oz bottles (Best If Consumed Before Aug/Sep 11) shared by Ligorio Loonie.

Cloudy amber color. Little aroma. Very weak raspberry taste. Thin body. Refreshing---but so is H2O!

Medium raspberry aroma. Hazy orange gold color with no real head. Starts with weak raspberry. Weak body, pumped up a bit as the fizziness fizzes. Weakly sweet. Finish is rather weak raspberry seed. Overall it’s fairly refreshing. Likely to be good around the pool.

Poured from bottle. Aroma of raspberries, and something else - can’t identify it, but I don’t like it. Pinkish hue (almost purple) with dense, fluffy head. Smooth wheat flavor with just a bit of raspberry in the aftertaste. Aroma bothers me as I drink, tho. Acidic feel ( as expected). Finished a bit better, but not a beer of choice for me.

Not something I would drink every day, but I found it to be quite refreshing on a hot May day in Orlando, FL. Raspberries are apparent in color, taste, and aroma. Quite sweet, though not exceedingly so. Would be a good choice for the beach or sitting by a pool, but that’s about it.

12oz draft from the harp... It tastes like that blueberry wheat stuff from seadog that everyone loves. It appears that american wheat beers are now being fruited up - in an attempt to capture some of the malternatives market. Even people who stick to harpoon, snpa, and long trail know that this beer is crap like #9 and blueberry wheats.

Great for the summer....light, easy drinking with a subtle raspberry finish. Not a top choice, but not bad for a fruit beer.